- Revenue 2023
- $123,272,481
- Expenses 2023
- $111,174,592
Program services were 81.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- H920
- Classification
- 8200
- Street
- 10901 N TORREY PINES RD
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BY CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTIFIC LEADERS, PROVIDING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCHERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO LEARN, INNOVATE, AND MAKE BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERIES THAT IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE SCHEDULE O
-
See Schedule O
Expenses $90,729,383 · Revenue $776,452
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
-
David Brenner MDDAVID BRENNER MD
CEO AND PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $1,311,788
- From this org
- $984,345
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $327,443
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $974,234
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $10,111
- Deferred
- $312,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,943
- Filer's total
- $1,311,788
-
Donald B Kearns MDDONALD B KEARNS MD
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William GerhartWILLIAM GERHART
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daniel J EpsteinDANIEL J EPSTEIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David L Szekeres JDDAVID L SZEKERES JD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David W DownDAVID W DOWN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Douglas H ObenshainDOUGLAS H OBENSHAIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James C Blair PhDJAMES C BLAIR PHD
TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James M MyersJAMES M MYERS
TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katherine ChapinKATHERINE CHAPIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kazumi Shiosaki PhDKAZUMI SHIOSAKI PHD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lonna J Williams StolperLONNA J WILLIAMS STOLPER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lori MooreLORI MOORE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael R CunninghamMICHAEL R CUNNINGHAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicholas CosfordNICHOLAS COSFORD
PROFESSOR & TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $312,612
- From this org
- $244,128
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $68,484
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $240,544
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $3,584
- Deferred
- $24,270
- Nontaxable benefits
- $44,214
- Filer's total
- $312,612
-
Stuart A TanzSTUART A TANZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ted RothTED ROTH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William A RoperWILLIAM A ROPER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adrienne Crown JDADRIENNE CROWN JD
GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $409,163
- From this org
- $360,490
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,673
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $357,860
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,630
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,673
- Filer's total
- $409,163
-
Robin RyanROBIN RYAN
CFO & TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $506,989
- From this org
- $458,690
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,299
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $451,617
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $7,073
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,299
- Filer's total
- $506,989
-
Carl Ware PhDCARL WARE PHD
CENTER DIRECTOR, IIDC
- Total calculated
- $518,091
- From this org
- $454,389
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $63,702
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $423,954
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $30,435
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,702
- Filer's total
- $518,091
-
Kristiina Vuori MD PhDKRISTIINA VUORI MD PHD
PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $661,818
- From this org
- $601,208
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $60,610
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $598,654
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,554
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,610
- Filer's total
- $661,818
-
Michael Jackson PhDMICHAEL JACKSON PHD
DRUG DISCOVERY & DEV, SR VP
- Total calculated
- $505,811
- From this org
- $447,238
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $58,573
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $441,089
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $6,149
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,573
- Filer's total
- $505,811
-
Randal Kaufman PhDRANDAL KAUFMAN PHD
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $477,988
- From this org
- $402,033
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $75,955
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $386,854
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $15,179
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $42,955
- Filer's total
- $477,988
-
Ze'Ev Ronai PhDZE'EV RONAI PHD
CENTER DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $561,192
- From this org
- $497,532
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $63,660
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $437,537
- Bonus
- $50,000
- Other
- $9,995
- Deferred
- $33,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,660
- Filer's total
- $561,192
The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2023
- Revenue
- $123,272,481
- Expenses
- $111,174,592
- Contributions
- $107,001,067
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $117,219,104
- Expenses
- $103,397,718
- Contributions
- $104,423,511
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $107,303,034
- Expenses
- $106,781,079
- Assets (EOY)
- $289,830,509
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $124,726,984
- Expenses
- $108,924,075
- Assets (EOY)
- $337,147,969
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $116,730,403
- Expenses
- $112,647,929
- Assets (EOY)
- $307,274,683
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $122,956,459
- Expenses
- $186,280,858
- Assets (EOY)
- $338,796,799
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $125,326,751
- Expenses
- $143,519,364
- Assets (EOY)
- $430,760,547
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $134,174,165
- Expenses
- $146,845,314
- Assets (EOY)
- $482,051,570
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$1,529,548
2025 SEE DETAIL IN PART IVCUREBOUND AWARDS GRANT FUNDING IN EARLY-DISCOVERY CANCER RESEARCH AND APPLIES SCIENTIFIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERTISE TO HELP PROMISING RESEARCH TRANSLATE INTO MEANINGFUL NEAR-TERM CLINICAL IMPACT. FUNDING IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIVE TRADITIONALLY UNDER-RESOURCED RESEARCH PILLARS: CANCER DETECTION, NOVEL APPROACHES, TARGETS, AND THERAPEUTICS. PERSONALIZED IMMUNOTHERAPY, CANCER EQUITY, CHILDHOOD CANCERS.
-
$1,092,000
2022 Extramural Research Grant
-
$855,325
2023 GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
-
$781,027
2024 SUPPORT CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
-
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC
$746,024
2024 RESEARCH SUBAWARD
-
$680,062
2023 SUPPORT RESEARCH PROGRAM
-
$600,000
2024 CANCER RESEARCH
-
$595,456
2022 SUPPORT CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
-
$572,762
2024 GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
-
$546,095
2022 GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.